The veth (aka virtual Ethernet) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage skbs during congestion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging lack of skb consumption in conjunction with a double-free error.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-05-03T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.475Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-2017

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-05-03T11:57:45.790

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:42:39.983

Link: CVE-2013-2017

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-05-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-2017 - Bugzilla